HMS D6

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HMS D6 was a British D class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. D6 was laid down on 24 February 1910, launched 24 October 1911 and was commissioned on 19 April 1912. D6 was the first of the D class to be armed with guns forward of the conning tower.

D6 was sunk by UB-73 73 miles north of Inishtrahull Island off the west coast of Ireland on 28 June 1918. There were no survivors.

[edit] External links

• HMS D6 Roll of Honour

[edit] References

• The Royal Navy Submarine Service, A Centennial History, by Antony Preston
• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. 

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